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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5179, 12 November 1895, Page 2

Steam was got up yesterday, for tho lirsl time, at the new sawmill in Wriglcy's Bush, Masterton. Mr James Day, of Masterton, has shown us some very forward new polatocs grown by him. Potatoes are expected to crop welt in this district this year.

A sheep was foolish enough to get in the way of the train, on the Kimntaka yesterday, and met an untimely end, The largest dividend paid at the Tar-tahi-Cartcrlon raco meeting was on Napoleon in the Ifaek Welter who returned his supporters fourteen pounds for each ticket.

Every available bus, drag, and landau was called into requisition yesterday to convey visitors to and from thcTaratahi races. Masterton presented a deserted appearance all day. Tho party of Mastorton residents who had decided to ascend Mt. Holdsworth did not let tiic weather frighten them, but pluckily made the trip. They had a somewhat rough but very jolly time, and all returned safely last night none the worse for their outing. They did not quite reach the summit. Main fell in Masterton on Sunday and early on Monday morning, The weather however, cleared up yesterday and continued line but very windy.

Nominations for the office of Mayor of Masterlon close on Friday next, TJ|C monthly meeting of the Masterton Masonip Lodge t:ikos place to-morrow (Wednesday) evening,' liuroplydon, the winner of this year's New Zealand Cup has made a record, haying also carried oil the C.J.C. Derby and the Canterbury Cup. The Carterton Cycling Club held a most successful dance last night. Jlr T. Proctor lectures on "Church Music" at the Carterton Wes leyan Church on Thursday, November 21st. The date of the installation of ofljeers Masonic Lodge has been altered to Friday, December 13th, Wellington won the cricket match on Saturday by six wickets. Limbrick's Imperial Hotel at Waipawn was totally destroyed by fire on Saturday morning. Mr Udy's Grand Duke, the wellknown sire horse, which was kicked and had his leg broken the other day, was shot on Friday last. The annual meeting of delegates of the Ancient Order of Foresters will be held in'the District Chambers, Wellington, on November 21sfc.' :

TJic wet weather on Sunday quite upset' jlie picnic arrangements of several little parties, and pie' ppi'ioscd outings were in njaiiy cases abandoned.'

The fotaljsator was fairly well patronisei) Races pfcrday; up'less than' £JBBI| bejn|j

, ,' --'■rarfllßOftllcWajrarana Atthc.ne.u n T(% South County Council, - "'•'Ut Cr Coleman Phillips will move:— J .. in order, firstly, to prevent injury by I drifting shingle to the Valley townships and river lands, and secondly to provide for future high pressure water supplies for the different townships, it is advisable for thcGovcrnment to set aside similat forest rosorvos in the Tararua Range on the bunks of thoTauhoro nikau, JJauiigatorero, Waingawa, and Waipoua rivers to that already granted to Grcytown on the Waiohinc; and that the North Wai: rarapa County Council be requested to act with this Council in tho matter; snob reserve to he vested in the various town, ships directly interested."

Mr F. 11. Wood advertises an important unreserved sale of general merchandise, to be held at his Carterton Auction Rooms on Saturday i)o?t, November 10th.

It is intended to commence shearing at lea on Thursday, November 28th. Although yesterday was a holiday, very few cabs and busses wcro at the Masterton Railway Station to meet the trains, as most of them were engaged conveying passengers to the races. On the arrival of one train the horses attached to the solitary conveyance on the stand—evidently not used to the business—became alarmed, jumped over the nearest fence, and for a time made thinffs "hum." Luckily no damage was done.

A large number of sheep were taken to Wellington by this morning's train from the Wairarapa.

At the Masterton Wcsloyan Church last Sunday the anniversary hymns were repeated by the choir and the children. The Rev J. Dukes occupied Die pulpit. Feed js now getting plentiful in all parts of tlic iNorth Wairarapa, and stock generally are looking well. Messrs Lowes and lorns add to their sale list for to-morrow, 2 springing' torn.

The Rev. Geo. N(col gavo an intoreiting address dealing with the China Inland Mission, at the Masterton Theatre Royal last Sunday night.

Messrs lowes and lorns.hold their fortnightly stock sale to-morrow. Entries for which at present comprisc--I<loo woolly hoggets, 100primofat shorn ewes, 100 fatandforward woolly wethers, 100 forward woolly am, store sheep, 70 head of storo cattle, various classes, fat cows, store «we, jsprjnging heifers, J dairy cows, horses, pigs, etc, I Within the last few days a petition hai j hcen forwarded by Mr Hogg, M.H.R., to the Minister of Lands, asking that I provision be made as speedily as possible : for forming the track between Aohonga | and Pongaroa into a dray road, A, good i doal of the road from the coait has been . formed, but tho position near Pongaroa, which is the central towiiship for tho ; Special Settlement in Pukctoi and j Mount Cerberus districts, romains to bo j completed. The memorial bears 57 signatures, and it points out that tho road is an urgent work, seeing that tho settlers find the route, via Aohonga, which is a good shipping place, tho best for obtaining supplies from and forwarding produce to the Wellington market. In forwarding tho petition to the Minister, Mr Hogg pointsout that tho number of signatures of resident settlers, is a complete refutation of the statements that the Special Settlements wcro a [failure, and v existed chiefly on paper, Not a fow, are the names of well-known heads pf farnilies who have made good clearing, and liud tlj.e foundations of comfortable homostcads in 'a lqeali,ty which two or three "years ago was almost terra hmtjmta,

The Moslem plot to dothrono the Sultan of Turkey is .-reported to be daily gaining strength.

Another big fire lias occurred at Coolgardie doing damage to the extont of £50,000.

A daughter of Mr Last Harris of Nelson, aged fourteen, was drowned while bathing on Saturday. A little boy aged nearly three yoar 8 was accidentally killed with a blow from a pickaxe at Petone, on Saturday, Messrs Siraras and Mowlem add 4, fat bullocks and 8 weaner pigs to the list of entries for their next stock sale in the yards on Wednesday 20th inst. Mr F. H. Wood will sell by public auction, on Monday next, a valuable business property situated in tho best partof Featherston. Particulars appear in another column,

Mr C. M. Luke has been nominated tor another term as Mayor of Welling.

Another successful performance of ' the opera"H.M.S. Pinafore" was given by tho Masterton Juveniles at the Theatre Itoyal last night. In.spite of the weather the local Salvationists held their picnic in Mr Jones' Waipoua paddock yesterday and those present spent a very pleasant time. ' _ The New Zealand Loan and Mercan- ' tile Co, ndvise Mr James Macura that his last season's wool clip, consigned through them has realised the highly satisfactory figure of llf,d per lb. Tho address and purse of sovcroians from Mastertonrcsidcnts to Mr I Bagge (lute postmaster at Masterton, who lias rorontly taken up 1m rcsideuco in Morton) was presented at the monthly meeting of Lodgo Ituapehu, at Marlon on Thursday night, Tho new bridge orer the Mangahao river at Dallnncc, will he formally opened in the course of a few days, The bridge is one of the best structures of tho kind ip the district, Mr Dawson, the contractor, is about to start driving the piles of the now bridgo over the liraumca llivcr, near Mr Saunders' homestead. By a boat accident down harbour on Saturday at Macandrewßay, two young men were drowned—Claude Peacock, about 18, who was in the Customhouse, and William Fiddes, about 20, son of a painter iu South Dunediu. They were out in the boat with another young man, who managed to escape, A shocking murder is reported from near Cunningham, Victoria;. Two young spgmen pmed Chas, Strange and '•'Sandy"campedcloso to a hotel. A groom visited the camp yesterday morning, and found Strange burning clothes, When questioned he said ho had had a row with Sandy, and the latter had left. Before leaving the camp Strange gave the groom a lent and some clothes, and on these being examined blood was fouud and was traced into the bush, where the body of Sandy was found under a blanket. He had been twice stabbed through the heart and his head was also Bmashed iu. The polico pursued Strange and have arrested him on a chargo of being concerned in the murder.

Mr li. E. Horublow was nominated to-day as a candidate Tor the Mayoralty,

A slight shock of earthquake was felt at Otahuao on Saturday morning about daybreak. The Greytown Band played the fob foiling excellent programme at the Taratalii-Cartcrlonltacesi-Quickmurch " Hcvengc" I Ord l{umc; raise," Evor True," Jf. Wilson; march, Killarucy," Balpho: selection," Humors of Dowry* brook,"Volti; polka, "Merry Imps," H. Hound i quadrille, " Dick Wliittington," Howard i quadrille, " Pomona," 11, Hound; raise, "Myrino," Henri Lnski; march" Canterbury Engineers," Bulcli i overture," Tho Golden Bochiro" march, "Wairoa" Lithgovr; solection, "Fair Maid of Perth," Volti; march, "Battle of Sarakim," Allen; march, " Whitworth," Matthouse. Tlie second of the series of lectures to men by the Key. A. C. Yorkc. will b c given in St. Matthew's Church at 7.30. this evening. Ten shilling i reward ia offered for tho return of a bunch of keys lost between Maßlortou and Tarntahi rncecourso yesterday. Jfirk Twin's Toast. -The Babics--rfe have all been babies, ' Heaven Mess them ! To make ll)tim'sfi:oin aiid healthy use Dr j Kirk's PnrinaqeousFoqd. Sold byallstorekeepers. ' ' ' ''

ftjse iu wool 1 To make your Scones, Cakes, Bread; etc,, Jtisn, use Anderson's Jumbo, ljraud B.akjng Powlcr, Sold by all Storekeeper^, Qno qf the drawbacks of country life, at lfjasj jo. |bc small settlor, js undoubtedly "•■ innfedsfid. micella Ins to pay for any iu„. " ,t| "« er pngrnl rkapury, by articles of cioiu,- 0 '-r t tt or reason of tho extra charges i„.

carriage. This drawback need esist no longer, for extra charges are done iway with under the new system which has been inaugurated at Te Am Houbb, Wellington Under this system, any oi the parcels advertised, will be sent to any address in New ijcalaud, i'ost hiee, the prices charged being exactly tl)e s'ai|jo as those at which tlm goods are sold over' tlio'countet in Wellington. As may be imagined, however, tliis liberal offer is only extended to cash customers, and all orders for advertised parcels, ragst bo accompanied by cash for the amount, before the order can bo executed at Te Auo Hoaijß, VefljDgton. j In illustration of this system, wo will j give an example. Take for instance No. 31 Parcel, which contains 1 Lady's White] Mainsook Blouse, trimmed with embroidery ] ami with the new butterfly collar; 1 Navy or' Black Sateen Blouse, wit)) whito spots, new style j 1 pair of Black or Coloured Tajjfeta Gloves.aud 2 pairs of Ladies Black Cashmere Hobo. This complete parcel will be sent, post free, to an; address, on receipt ot 12/6, from Te Abo House Wellington,—Adyt.